There's not much NOS floating about but EBC do for certain manufacture ADO16 brake discs for the swinging caliper and do have stock.....Part Number: D029

EBC no longer have any stock, with no plans to remake

Hi Rich,

I've just been on the phone to my contact in EBC technical - correct, they are out of stock

But not discontinued...

They have been on back order for several months - the delay is that only a small number are ordered and so the actual manufacturer will only supply EBC once the overall order from EBC becomes substantial in terms of number of lines, of which D029 is just one.

If you call EBC Brakes UK on +44 (0)1604 583344 and go through to sales, then you can be put onto a list to guarantee supply as soon as the discs come into EBC HQ

Sorry to bang my drum on this one folks but this is illustrative of why I'm so desparte to see ALL global ADO16 owners join ado16.info - in 7-months we've got upto 140 members (45% outside UK) which in such a short period of time is impressive but I can't tell a stockist that they should stock ADO16 parts for a club with just 140 members - they'd laugh at me (At least our FB Group has grown in a similar time from 800 to 1,647 ). Globally, including the UK there are probably in the region of 6,000 ADO16's.....how do you get those owners to part with £10.00 to join without questionng whether they need what the club provides but rather to simply have the vision that a club with 1000's of members has clout when talking to suppliers of parts and can therefore get those suppliers to take more seriously the importance of holding stock?

We've been lucky with Classic Sheetmetal and body panels (they now also do the transmission bracket for the bottom rear stabiliser), exhausts and hydrolastic units are covered for now, rear brake shoes are happening of sort, discussions exist over rear brake drums, I've answered above about steering racks......but I can tell anyone stil bothering to read this that it's tough ....and any help anyone can give would be hugely appreciated , even if all you do is help swell our numbers and encourage others to do so!

noted, its was ebc who told us they had discontinued them though.......

shoes are like the drums - ebay is a minefield, 99% of the ones offered are just mini ones - like those drums I bought, the labels said they fitted both cars.

I did just buy a set of nos lockhead shoes off ebay that look right, they where cheap and the guy had a few sets, so we will see

I also bought a set from earl part this week, they are expensive, but he is charging a surcharge to get the core back - I always try to support earls as he has made the effort to stock all the parts and get stuff remade.

occasionally I do try and save a few quid - my green car doesn't have the helper springs, instead it has the big rubber hoop bump stops, which have failed.

26 quid each for new ones - or, a set of mini competition bump stops, brackets cut down and welded to the original metal brackets of mine - I made them to the same height as the pair of nos bmc comps 1100 bump stops I have (to nice to waste on my green car!)

Short update - as some know I'm already in touch with Mintex over rear brake shoes.....it's just that in companies like Mintex the wheels of decision turn even slower than Government so whilst there is progress, it's slow....although if anyone needs rear shoes I can certainly provide a solution through Mintex which is what's on my car at the moment.....

....however, Mintex have a manufacturing partner (Questmead) and I was already speaking with one of their directors having been put in touch through Mintex over front pad manufacture as Mintex were OEM and still have the tooling for the swinging caliper pads.

So yesterday I spoke with Questmead and explained the EBC front disc stock issue - so no promises but Questmead have requested the disc specs which I've supplied this morning......the director might be able to have something manufactured and in theory would be prepared to hold stock, so let's see if there's any progress.

I'm no expert on brakes - just an enthusiast volunteering to do a role in a club, so someone please tell me if I've got something wrong in this information supplied:

Fixed calliper

brake pads are common to the MG Midget Mark II/III so these are well coveredbrake discs are unique, diameter 8" (203mm) Lockheed BG1, BMC GBD124

the brake pads for the fixed caliper are the same as mini GBP281, so there is a thousand different types available, they will never be an issue

the pads for the swinging (or 'jammed' is probably more appropriate!) caliper can be got ok from ebay, the problem is more the spring retainers, they are really difficult to get, I always try to buy the lockhead pads that do come with them (though some dont, so if they aint in the photo on ebay....)

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